I fell in love on my wedding day...but it wasn't with my husband. I thought I could learn to love him, I thought this arranged companionship would be enough for me, but when I saw my best friend; the man I've been in love with for half of my life, turn up unexpectedly at my wedding, I knew I couldn't lie to myself anymore. But is the man I'm running to, worth losing everything I'm running away from? _________________________________________________________________________ Dearly Departed is a short second chance romance that contains mature content. 18+ advised. -Friends to Lovers -Second chance romance -Runaway Bride -Only one bed

Working with Niall Horan comes with rules, a strict schedule, and a non-disclosure agreement that rivals the length of a novel. Hunter Gray is reserved and quiet, rarely ever seen without at least one book in her hands at any given moment. When the opportunity to work with Niall on his most recent project presents itself, she accepts the offer without hesitation and dives in headfirst willing to do anything it takes in order to help create something she can be proud of. However, Niall is quick to realize that even when you make promises to stay on track life has a way of doing anything and everything it can to throw you for a loop. Hunter and Niall create a bond that neither of them have experienced before, but will that work out in their favor or will it lead to a situation that needs to be handled and closed out forever?

There are over a thousand bars in the city of Boston, forty-nine of those are Irish pubs, but only one of those forty-nine belongs to Niall Horan. When Rigby finds herself inside The Bunk Off one summer night, there was no way she would have ever known that the brunette man with sapphire eyes behind the bar would become a steady current in her life. But when they find themselves a thousand miles away from where they started, will they find a way to make it up somehow?

"Somehow in this fucked up mess I managed to fall for you."

"That's the funny thing about trying to escape the past, you never really can. No matter how far or fast you run, the past always catches up to you. You may be able to escape temporarily but, you have to face the darkness of your past to reach the light in your future."